Fla.

Geography & Places abbreviation · US State Traditional

Fla. stands for Florida, a US state traditional abbreviation.

Florida's abbreviation in AP style, The Bluebook and the GPO manual, familiar from datelines such as TAMPA, Fla., from political labels like R-Fla., and from citations of Florida statutes (Fla. Stat.). Fla. is one of the most frequently printed state abbreviations in American newspapers.

Example: ORLANDO, Fla. — Theme park attendance rebounded over the holiday weekend.

Usage notes

Florida received the postal code FL in 1963, yet Fla. remains the expected form in edited prose that abbreviates states. Fl. and Flo. are incorrect. Miami stands alone in AP datelines, but cities such as Orlando, Tampa and Jacksonville take Fla.

Related abbreviations

More US state traditional abbreviations

• Ark. – Arkansas
• Cal. – California
• Calif. – California
• Colo. – Colorado
• Conn. – Connecticut
• Del. – Delaware
• Ill. – Illinois
• Ind. – Indiana
• Kan. – Kansas
• Kans. – Kansas
• Mass. – Massachusetts
• Mich. – Michigan

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